Huawei’s very own sub-brand, Honor, launches the high-end Honor 8 Pro in Europe aka Honor V9 in China.
The Honor 8 Pro serves as a successor to the Honor 8 of last year. With an upgraded specification, we are merely looking at a very competitive smartphone here.
Starting with the design, Honor swapped the glass backing with a matte aluminum finish complete with rounded sides for an added grip.
Up front boasts its 5.7-inch QHD display that looks like the iPhone 7 at a first glance. Flipping it over, however, resembles the upcoming Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom. Complete, of course, with the dual camera setup carrying 12MP RGB + 12MP monochromatic sensors for a better image quality overall.
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Inside the Honor 8 Pro reveals a powerful HiSilicon Kirin 960 paired with enormous 6GB of RAM and a hefty 4000mAh battery pack. Basically, a more capable Huawei P10(in specs) but for a much lower price.
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Other features include a USB Type-C port, audio jack, NFC, micro-SD card slot, and EMUI 5.1 on top of Android 7.0 Nougat.
Inside Huawei’s own UI is a program that opens apps quicker and optimizes it depending on your usage. Say, for example, you are using Facebook most of the time, it will allot more memory and processing for that app. Huawei is also collecting user feedback to further improve the experience through a beta program here.
Interestingly, the box of the Honor 8 Pro won’t be going straight to the attic as it doubles as a Google Cardboard viewer for VR content. So, yey!
Huawei only eyes Europe, for now, in selling the Honor 8 Pro wherein pre-orders has already begun for £474.99 or almost Php30k($593 USD), available in Navy Blue, Midnight Black, and Platinum Gold.
| SPECS, PH Price | Honor 8 Pro |
| Display | 5.7-inch QHD LTPS, 515ppi |
| Size | 6.9mm thick, 184g weight |
| Design | metal unibody, aluminum matte finish |
| Colors | Navy Blue, Midnight Black, and Platinum Gold |
| Chipset | Hisilicon Kirin 960 octa-core chipset |
| Processor | 4 x 2.4 GHz | 4×1.8 GHz |
| Graphics | Mali G71MP8 |
| Memory | 6GB RAM, 64/128GB internal storage, hybrid microSD card up to 128GB |
| Main Camera | 12MP RGB+ 12MP monochromatic f/2.2 |
| Multimedia | up to 4K video |
| Front camera | 8 MP, 1080p |
| Connectivity | GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz | (3G)UMTS 4G VoLTE, WiFi ac, Bt 4.2, GPS, A-GPS, hybrid dual-nano SIM card slot, |
| OS | Android 7.0 Nougat |
| Software | EMUI 5.1 |
| Battery | 4000mah |
| Ports | USB Type-C, 3.55mm headphone jack |
| Official Price | £474.99 or almost Php30k($593 USD) |
| Availability date | April-20-2017 Europe |
| Where to buy | Amazon |
{Source: The Verge}
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